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| Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.16 |
| Current Location | New York, Brooklyn Museum |
| Comments on Inventory | Bequest of Miss Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour. |
| Publication Permission Status | permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status | unpublished |
| Ancient Provenance Site | Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance Details | Not known but possibly Elephantine. Possible place made: Elephantine Egypt. |
| Ancient Provenance District | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery | find or purchase Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | Wilbour, Charles Edwin Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt | unknown |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | donation |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Wilbour, Charles Edwin Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | Medium Box of Fragments: 2 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (5.7 x 16.4 x 21.6 cm) Largest Fragment: 1 3/16 × 3/8 in. (3 × 1 cm) 300+ small papyri fragments, condition: many minute fragments. Large mass of small papyri fragments. |
| Mounting | (unknown) |
| Restoration Activities | Condition: Very bad and in so many minute fragments that it is impossible to assemble them. |
| Comments on Object | Dimensions: The largest fragments from a random sample of 30+ are c. 3 x 1 cm.; most of the fragments are c. 2 x 1 cm. or smaller. |
| Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
| Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Many of the papyrus fragments are inscribed in Late Period hieratic. Quite a number appear to be uninscribed. | |
| Existing Pictorial Elements | Fragments with scraps of vignettes. | |
| Modern Title | papyrus fragments of unclear content; some fragments of Books of the Dead |
| Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. Some fragments: apparently a Book of the Dead (this last one: Notes from Accession Records). |
| Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) | -664 BCE -525 BCE | Late Period, probably Saite Period.; |
| CUR.47.218.16_view1_R_ |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| CUR.47.218.16_view2_R_ |
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| Reserved Copyright |
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID | 318117 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Author | Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 318117 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.16), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
